Heidy Quah sues govt over law criminalising offensive online comments

Activist Heidy Quah Gaik Li is taking the government to court over parts of Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act that criminalises offensive online comments.

She filed a civil lawsuit in the High Court in Shah Alam on Aug 30 through law firm Amer Bon. She seeks a court order to rule the words "offensive" and "annoy" in Section 233 invalidated for being unconstitutional...